Surah Sad (ص) • The Letter "Saad"

Quran 38:34

38:34

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا سُلَيْمَـٰنَ وَأَلْقَيْنَا عَلَىٰ كُرْسِيِّهِۦ جَسَدًا ثُمَّ أَنَابَ

walaqad fatannā sulaymāna wa-alqaynā ʿalā kur'siyyihi jasadan thumma anāba

And We certainly tried Solomon and placed on his throne a body; then he returned.

— Saheeh International

We certainly tested Solomon, reducing him to a mere skeleton on his throne.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed, We did try Sulaimân (Solomon) and We placed on his throne Jasad (a devil, so he lost his kingdom for a while) and he did return (to Allâh with obedience and in repentance, and to his throne and kingdom by the Grace of Allâh).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
فَتَنَّاfatannāWe tried
سُلَيْمَـٰنَsulaymānaSulaiman
وَأَلْقَيْنَاwa-alqaynāand We placed
عَلَىٰʿalāon
كُرْسِيِّهِۦkur'siyyihihis throne
جَسَدًۭاjasadana body
ثُمَّthummathen
أَنَابَanābahe turned